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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1907.
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LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.
Startling Developments.
Adsetts Friends "Escape.",
(From Our Epecial Correspondent.)
Cheroo, August 22.
just off the railway, where also is the prepared to face it.” to busy contres lies the town of Tailik, expenditure, and that the public is THE TRUNK TRAGEDY.
eite of a busy mart. It appears from native papers published in Hongkong yesterday that two or three days ago is estimated, three hundred, appeared stamps of six esu denomination wore ou an armed robber band, numbering, it
On and after the 20th inst. postage suddenly soon after nightfall and, by sale at the various post offices in Japan. prearrangement, divided their forces between the five shops marked as prey. George Hermanni Drewes, at his residence the doors, and in one instante digging a native of Germany and was 73 years of of the question. Before an armed band through the wall: Resistance was out nga.
order, which was endorsed by the British and Danish judges (presumably at of desperadoes peaceful traders are The exhibition of cinematograph píc- Shanghai) calling upon the Eastern helpless and rustic folic in senstered tames being given nightly at the Cafe Extension, Australasia and China Telo. villages and barulets can ako no stand. Woismanu rooms continue to attract large graph Co., and upon the Great Northern More than ten thousand dollars were audience. Grent delight is manifested in
The death ia sanowcod of Captain)
Mr J. Fowler, the American Consul-
$ p.m.--Auction of Crown Land at the draw may sometimes be falec. That These they proceeded to loot, forcing No. 2, College Gardens. Capt Drewes was General, on August 15, issued a judicial
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happens to everyone who ventures to deal with current questions. But to consider Dr Clift's lotter in detail. Ho speaks in a gently sarcastic manner of our hemanitarian plen. Let us not
Siberia undelivered after noon be misunderstood. We have not the stolen from Tailik, and the chicial the comic pictures, in particular, whilst Telegraph Co., Ltd., to give him copies
Gooda por Mai a not cleared at 4 p.m. Geeds per Prinz Sigismund undelivored
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quotation available, but we have a inquiry, which is now understood to the more serious ones evoks great interest. of all messages from and to Adsetts or very distinct recollection of reading be proceeding, is not likely to result in The management are continually procuring his wife. These messages, they explain. within the leat for months a commu-the recovery of any part of the spoils. nication from the Governor. of Ceylon
now pictures.
It is reported from Nagasaki tunt at 7,
ed, were required us evidence in court. The Tolegraph Companies refused to
to the Legislative Council in which 9 South Africans and England has con- Rinumin discovered a black floating mine claiming that the Danish Court here has The third test natch between the p.m. on the 10th, the Russian steamer obey this mandate, the Great Northern traversed the arguments of the rigid cluded and on the three matches only about three feet from her starboard not sufficient authority. anti-opiumista. He said, if memory England has come out ahead, with one bow when in Lat. 41 N., Long. 131 E., HONGKONG, THURSDAY, ACover 22, 1907. serves, that during his occupancy of win and two drawn games. This last vadivostock. The vessel fired about ten forty-five miles from A skold island. the post of Governor of Ceylon there natch was the most interesting of the rifo show at the mine, but none of them THE CHANGING TIMÉS. had been exceptionally few instances three, for despite the interruptions from took effect. She warloubtedly land a very
the weather there was, even up till the fortante escape. of men giving way to the opium habit
last, a chance of victory going to one
In the letter concerning the coast ports
Yesterday Adsetts, hearing that cor- tain telegrams were attributed to him, repudiated the same and requested Mr Fowler to send for all cables for himself
or his wife. He gave Mr Fowler a writ-
of China sent by the correspondent of though many thousands used the side or the other. What was the time i Shun Chun Hsen's prisnto foreign ten order on both cable companies but the "Lantion and China Express" to drug. This appears to us testimony when the English second innings con.everotary, Tootai Wen Tsung Yao, arrived so far without result. his paper, there is a paragraph worthy which calls for very complete refstal cluded has not been wire! out but contand he proceeds to Canton to-day.telegrams are or have been passing and here from Shanghai yesterday. We u Mr Fowler has proofs (lint, important of more than passing notice. In com--if it can be made. This Governor of presumably South Africa had a chance Wes, it may be romctabored, was recently menting upon the deflection of the tea Ceylon could not be suspected of hav- of winning, otherwise there would hard- suumoned by wire to proceed to Peking also that two of Adsetts' friends to
have been an exciting ending, which to practice in the Waitupu. Apparently, whom he cabled have escaped, the advancing twilight forced into a ho has not responded to the call from draw. With only 97 runs to get to wir with five wickets in hand, and on a fast
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The opposition of the cable com- panies, Air Fowler states, is greatly bampering the course of justice.
trade from Amoy to Formosa by the ing any personal axe to grind. He WATSON Japanese the correspondent remarks put forth testimony, based on personal that "Amoy still manages to secure a fair observation, that under proper regule
tion trade in opium could be allowed, wicket we would say the chancca were of £2,243,500 and 56,823,125 frames,. Kechung harbour is developed so the without great detriment to the con- in favour of South Africa, though the ranking up the fifth instalment of the
Dr OK and we accord his five last wickets in the first innings foll† of £23,000,000 in amount, were paid over engaged working up the Government-
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for so small a number of runs. A fast wicket suits the Colonials, though after the conditions of the present season they have had a great deal of practice on wat wickets and will soon be quite
(by Surrey) was on a fast wicket, but accustomed to them. Their first defeat,
A Tokyo despatch states that the suns
Japanese Five Per cont, consolidation loan
The prisoner has not yet been put upon his trial, the Consul being stil
to the Japanese representatives at London case. and Paris on the 12th. As the whole of the flotation has now been received, the Per Cent. Foreign Loza of £22,000,000 on Japanese Government will repay the six SHANGHAI SENSATION.
Soptember 10.
Early in the New Year the commands of
the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Diehards will full vacant. Brevat Colonels W.
Formosan ten trade is decreased at samors. Amoy. The ultimate object is to make testimony the respectful attention that the barbour of Keelung accessible for is its due-claims that, regulated or large trans-Pacific liners which would not, the trade is productive of auch ill WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. take the trade direct and without even effects that every genuine lover of the transhipment that now takes place mankind will strain each nerve to in Japanese ports." We select this secure its abolition at the excliest pos small paragraph the long Bible moment. This is a perfectly descriptive letter in the paper because understandable attitude for Dr Chit, thoroughly trounced Yorkshire, so that Scott-Moncrieff, and G. B. Leprière will
immediately afterwards the Colonials it seems to us to contain the kernel of and those who think with him, to adopt. Surrey's victory was discounted to some varate the commands respectively on Feb. the out that is becoming an increasing They, in a word, are satisfied with the extent. However, England has main-17 sud 24, on completion of the regulation ly hard one for liongkong to crack. evidence before them. We confoss tained her superiority at cricket, four years at their heads. The step should We are here passing through a com mercial depression for which the most well-informed resident besitates to ascribe a definite cause.
There may multitude of contributing factors, and whilst the overstocking: in consequence of the war, and the
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Woman Attempts Suicide.
(From Our Correspondent).
Shangbai, August 22.
CHOLERA IN THE NORTH,
A foreign woman, named Mrs Pearl- man, attempted to commit suicido last In aasase, with the though in other sports she has met her 60 to Majors C. R. Dyer and R. deiglit by jumping from a sampan into other public organs published in Hong.masters, but it is only temporary and of the 4th and 3rd Battalions. ta that the river, close to the bund
we look forward to English champions case, the latter would suaveod Colonel She was rescued with difficulty. kong we have a duty to the people regaining the lost titles next year. The Scott-Moncrieff in command of the 3rd | who have made this Colony their home. English Eleven which is to
Battalion at Hongkong by exclange most visit likely. We must do our utmost to protect Australia this year will have a hard task their material interests for so long as to defeat the Colonials, particularly if the Guerin Case. we honourably can. And, this point the latter base completely smoothed
Charlos Smith has been sentenced to At Shanghai and Nagasaki. over the difficulties which provented Churchill (known as Chicago May) to 15 penal servitude for life, and Mny Vivienne wish to especially emphasize, car main contention was that, as a matter the English from visiting the Antipodea years' imprisonment, for attempting to of procedure, it was anwise for the last year, and all but wrecked the murder in London Edward Guerin, a man Chinese Government to declare its present tour. The Australians will who escaped from the French prison on have an opportunity of trying several
THROUGHOUT THE EAST famine and floods in China are regarded as chief among them, there is still an aspect of the question which, we think, is generally lost sight of, and which, without doubt, has something, if not a lot, to do with the decline in intention of slowly decreasing the colts, who are promising well, in the Singapore's Death Kato, our commercial turnover. We refer to smount of opium to be grown and in-watches against the various states,
20 YEARS.
WATSON'S
VERY OLD LIQUEUR
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SCOTCH
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Devil's Island.
During the month of July there were the general growing facilities for ship-ported into Chint and simultaneously beforce the Test Matches, and ju all 1176 deaths in Singapore giving a death ping at coastal ports, and the particular to practically forbid its uso. The first probability wo will mise some the rate of 63.82 including St. John's. Of endeavours of the Japanese to improve announcement was an intimation that familiar names from the Australian these 132 died from phthisis, 220 from and popularise Formosan ports. Pri-the Government Ind decided that the comed by many in the Commonwealth.
Elevon. The change would be wel-malarial fever, 119 fromí beri-bari, three from plague and 15 from choler. All the marily Hongkong is an entrepôt, and vested interests concorned--not only of
tatter are classed as imported cases and up till very recent years most, if not all, the opium growers and merchante bat of the goods for Southern China were the hundreds of people who rely upon originally landed here for distribution. them for a living-were so great that
died at St. John's.
(From Our Corresponden'}
SHANGWAY, August 22, There is an outbreak of cholera among the Chinese bere and many deaths have been recorded.
Reports from Nagasaki show that
many cases have occurred there.
Sub-Ligutenant J, do B. Jessop luns been appointed to the Tunar, Hongkong, for duty with the destroyer Otter,
A Chinainae was fined 110 Ly Mr
The report on the police force at Shanghai from the pen of the Cons-Chief Engineer for Rangoon, mission which recently inquired into Sanetian of the Lieutenant-Governor C. D. Melbourne at the Magistracy to-day, There were few facilities in the const the abolition of the trade must be the criticisms previously made, Ac-ment of a Chief Engineer for the Infor being in possession of four incls of
the department seems to have justified of Barms has been received to the appoint- ports or Formosa for shipping, and gradual. The second resolve directly cording to the "Shaughai Mercury'
Municipality on a salary of Rs. 1,600 to
opium without a permit. Quito a costly drug the steamers plying from Hongkong contradicted the first. To this con-
Rs. 2,000 a month. The Chief Engineer of,
oplum is, the roport is an abundant testimony the London County Council has been re- handled the commerce. As is only sideration we applied ourselves gener- to the reality of a basis for the quested to select the names of sight candi The Earl of Sefton, Master of the Horse natural times are changing. Aids to ally. On the abstract question we hold dewand, frequently stigmatised as andates for the post which will be submitted in the King's Household, has resigned his navigation and the improvement of har-that thore is room for genuine and
"agitation" for enquiry. It drives to the Chief Engineer to the Government position, on account of the fact that he is bours are encouraging oversea steamers mutually respectful difference of
home, as nothing else could have done of Burma, who will select three out of that not in accord with the Government's ex- number and it will be left to the Municipal to ply direct to the ports where they have opinion. We do not want people to tron were not imaginary or superficial candidate for the appointment.
the fact that the causes of dissatisfac-Committee to nominate the successful cargo to load or land, and the Japanese consider is hypocrites. We wish to even, but deep-rooted and radical. lines in particular are aiming at further show, the matter in a fair light and One of these radical efects, the paper The Macao Bank
wo trust that Dr Clift will acknowledge points out, "has been the failure of the
successes in this particular direction.
trame measingā.
Permission has been granted to Captain T. S. Tancred, 38th Prince of Wales* Own Central Ldia. Horse, to proceed to Pok-
As announced in our advertising ing for one your's study in the Chiuso, In Formosa large liners are already that even if the effort has not been community to keep its Police Force columns last night Messrs Rosario and language.. He has already passed the WHISKY. being berthed where not so long ago entirely succesful it has been genuine commensurate with the growing needs Company have resigned the agency in preliminary examination. none but the smallest steamers cared to and unstained by malice or desire to of the Settlement. We road that many marino, Macao, and will cease their Hongkong of the Banco Nacional Ultra-
Liuut-Colonel H. E. F. Goold-Adams, risk themselves, and this sort of thing bear false witness.
times the answer to enquiries why connection with the bank at the end of the M.G., Royal Artillery, who earned that offera one explanation, why a certain type
certain things were done or not done, presont month. Mr J. J. Leiria, songer decoration by us very fine work as a of commerce has declined. But there is
why certain makeshift arrangements
of Messrs Rosario and Company Set Special Service Officer with the Chine
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still hope for us. It will take many in Hongkong under a just and stable was to the effect that no other arrange at face value by nil the local banks. This in muda
To Chinese and non-Chinese living were adopted, why this and why that, introduced the Macau bank-uotes in 1906 Field Forro, 1900-1, has been selected for years of the most strenuous competition government, a constitutional. machine-
and succeeded in getting them recognised service with the Royal Garrison Artillery to rob Hongkong of its importance. imperfect, indeed, as are all human in forces at command. On this point rios of oxchange are taken into considera- ment was possible with the inadequate is no small achievement, when the vaga-
the future.
It is announced from the Chancery of
An axtraordinary meeting of the Navy"
BUILDINGS. be taken into reckoning when calculat Canton, and connected with the provin that its proposals will involvo an in-hel slightly with Chamberlain's Pain solution was met by a hostile amendment
The Colony stands not only as the stitutions, that does its work with athen, the atriotures of H.B. M.'s Policetion. Messrs Arratoon V. Apear, and the Royal Victorian Order that His armed European sentinel at China's large measure of satisfaction to the Magistrate have been fully endorsed. Company and to take over the agency for Majesty has made the following mongst gate, but as a sort of commercial guar governed it seems woll nigh incredible A second radical defect has been the
other appointments: To bo Honorary 00, antee. The Chinese have come to archy should make hapa in some of
tee:"}
that the forces of lawlessnesa and lack of a master spirit to control the new short ville of the Lee-Enfield Nagasaki, Councillor of the Cours of his Knight Grand Cross-Michinori Scipy appreciate the solility characterising the most populous and highly civilised Force Whilst acknowledging Mr pattorn has been produced in which, it is Imporini Majasty the Emperor of Jepan, British Linde and the justice in British parts of the adjacent mainland. Canton MoEuen's energy any desire to do his boon overcome, and an ideal combination hid, all previously recognised defects have law, and they are factors which are is the commercial and industrial metro best the Report admits that his ex-of lightness and necuracy secured. In the going to stand by us until the last, polis of the empire, with a population perience is not yet lipe enough for the opinion of experts the new rifle is the best League was held on 1062 last. at the
of its kind in the world.
Chaton Hall, Westminster, to consider s resolution, challenging the policy of the The only thing is, the probable increas approximating to two millions of indus responsible post which he was called
executive of the League in accepting the trions and law-abiding workers. Fat upon to occupy. The Report refers to FOR A LAME BACK,
reduction of the Navy Estimator, the Ling improvement of coastal ports has to
disinissal of dookyard workmon, and the shau, less flan Afteen miles from the question of cost, and points out the racks, denipen a piece of thick
THEN you have psina in the email of abolition of 70 coastguard stations. Thọ
this cial city by what is probably the busicat crease of thirty three per cent on the Balm and kind it an over the seat of pain was carried with proxies by a majority of and aftora lively discussion the amendment.
line of railway in the land, lins not fewer present annual expenditure, but rightly all chemists and storekeepera
Fard quick relief will follow. For enle by
Hongkong, July 27, 1907:
ing any economic change on
island.
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